The wife and I recently visited Mount Rushmore (along with the Crazy Horse Monument..which was incredible). During the visit she asked me..who would I have on a White Sox "Mount Rushmore"? (questions like that are why I married her)

Here's would be my picks for the four faces on a White Sox "Mount Rushmore":

Did you get one of the "IIIIIII Goooooot Beeeeer!!" guy's baseball cards last season?? Pretty sweet.

I think that Pippen guy needs some printed up too. :D:

HITMEN OF 77

12-10-2007, 05:39 PM

Paul Konerko
Harold Baines
Hawk
Ozzie Guillen

TheCommander

12-10-2007, 05:57 PM

Scott Ruffcorn
Russ Morman
Billy Jo Robidoux
Don Wakamatsu

soxfan21

12-10-2007, 05:58 PM

Veeck, Thomas, Fisk, Reinsdorf. Hard to only pick four though.

wassagstdu

12-10-2007, 06:09 PM

Scott Podsednik
Tadahito Iguchi
Aaron Rowand
Juan Uribe

Zisk77

12-10-2007, 06:15 PM

Baines
Beurhle
Hurt
Aparicio/Fox - their heads are turning a double play :D:

LITTLE NELL

12-10-2007, 06:18 PM

Luke Appling
Ted Lyons
Little Nell
Big Hurt

TornLabrum

12-10-2007, 06:26 PM

Hurt
Appling
Fox
Lyons

DumpJerry

12-10-2007, 06:32 PM

Did you get one of the "IIIIIII Goooooot Beeeeer!!" guy's baseball cards last season?? Pretty sweet.

I think that Pippen guy needs some printed up too. :D:
I didn't get one of his cards, but I did see him passing out his business card letting people know he does parties.

That Pippen guy is a joke. He hates it when people call him Pippen. A buddy of mine and his brother were at a Bears' game once and the Pippen guy came by before the game began. My buddy's brother bought a beer and tipped him $20 to ensure a stead supply of beer for the game. He made a "Pippen" crack and Russell (I think that's Pippen's real name) ignored him the rest of the game. Come on dude, you're selling the same thing as all the other beer vendors-if you have something that makes you stand out, use it!:rolleyes:

Tough calls on both Lyons and Fox, could easily replace them with Ed Walsh
and Minnie Minoso.

And for my obligatory SASA, I'll go with:

Kevin Bell
Scott Ruffcorn
Joe Borchard
Dave Nicholson

Chrisaway

12-11-2007, 06:43 PM

Kenny Williams
Frank Thomas
Ozzie Guillen
Chuck Norris

DeadMoney

12-11-2007, 06:52 PM

Craig Grebeck
Lance Johnson
Steve Sax
Ron Karkovice

:redneck

WSox597

12-11-2007, 07:53 PM

Ted Lyons

Luis Aparicio

Nellie Fox

Billy Pierce

(it was hard to leave off Ed Walsh, Joe Jackson, Luke Appling, and Wilbur Wood. You have to love a guy who can start two games of a double header.)

The last guy to do so, if Wikipedia can be believed.

Brian26

12-11-2007, 08:28 PM

Big Frank
Ozzie
Paul Konerko
Mark Buehrle

gaelhound

12-11-2007, 10:34 PM

Ted Lyons
Eddie Collins
Ed Walsh
Denny O'Toole

TommyJohn

12-11-2007, 10:46 PM

Ted Lyons
Eddie Collins
Ed Walsh
Denny O'Toole
How could you do an all-Irish Rushmore and leave off Syd O'Brien?

Frontman

12-11-2007, 11:21 PM

Charles Comiskey, the father of the Sox

Ozzie Guillen, the man who ended the Drought

Frank Thomas, the next HoF from the Southside

Pudge Fisk, a man chisled out of granite already

eriqjaffe

12-11-2007, 11:23 PM

I'd go with the four people most responsible for the 2005 title:

Tony Graffanino
Kelvim Escobar
Josh Paul
Doug Eddings

Frontman

12-11-2007, 11:27 PM

I'd go with the four people most responsible for the 2005 title:

Tony Graffanino
Kelvim Escobar
Josh Paul
Doug Eddings

Now, if you really did build this, would you have a button to play Chris Berman's "OH NO!" over and over again, with a video of the ball passing under Graffanino's glove?

eriqjaffe

12-11-2007, 11:54 PM

Now, if you really did build this, would you have a button to play Chris Berman's "OH NO!" over and over again, with a video of the ball passing under Graffanino's glove?Of course.

asindc

02-26-2009, 01:37 PM

I thought it would be cool to revive this thread, given the current ESPN feature on teams' and states' Mount Rushmore of sports.

longtimesoxguy

02-26-2009, 01:54 PM

Frank
Harold
Louie
Hawk

doublem23

02-26-2009, 02:03 PM

ESPN did a Mt. Rushmore of the AL (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/090224_al&sportCat=mlb), they gave us Frank, Appling, Nellie, and Shoeless Joe.

Thome25

02-26-2009, 02:23 PM

Frank Thomas

Carlton Fisk

AJ Pierzynski

Robin Ventura

whitesox901

02-26-2009, 02:24 PM

Comiskey, Frank, Fox, Jackson

TommyJohn

02-26-2009, 02:47 PM

ESPN did a Mt. Rushmore of the AL (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/090224_al&sportCat=mlb), they gave us Frank, Appling, Nellie, and Shoeless Joe.

I'd go with Minnie Minoso over Jackson.

wilburaga

02-26-2009, 03:01 PM

I'd go with Minnie Minoso over Jackson.

I don't get the Jackson pick at all. He spent 5 healthy years with the Sox. My pick would be Ted Lyons.

W

doublem23

02-26-2009, 03:06 PM

I don't get the Jackson pick at all. He spent 5 healthy years with the Sox. My pick would be Ted Lyons.

W

He's still probably the best player to ever play for the Sox.

wilburaga

02-26-2009, 03:11 PM

He's still probably the best player to ever play for the Sox.

In my lifetime that distinction would go to Dick Allen, but again, he just didn't play long enough for us to break out the chisel.

W

D. TODD

02-26-2009, 03:13 PM

Big Frank, Shoeless Joe, Louie Apparicio, Billy Pierce

sox1970

02-26-2009, 03:16 PM

Appling, Fox, Thomas, Fisk

doublem23

02-26-2009, 03:17 PM

In my lifetime that distinction would go to Dick Allen, but again, he just didn't play long enough for us to break out the chisel.

W

Dick Allen? Is that a joke? Since 1920, the best Sox player ever has been The Big Hurt, and you can make a decent case that he was better than Jackson, too, but far and away, Shoeless Joe and Big Frank are the two greatest White Sox ever.

Paulwny

02-26-2009, 03:51 PM

Fox
Aparicio
Thomas
Baines

beasly213

02-26-2009, 04:02 PM

Thomas
Comiskey
Jackson
Guillen

2nd choices
Buckvich
Grillie
Boarchard
Perry

Lip Man 1

02-26-2009, 04:05 PM

Great question....for me it would be Thomas, Aparicio, Fox and Jackson.

Lip

Tragg

02-26-2009, 04:20 PM

Dick Allen? Is that a joke? Since 1920, the best Sox player ever has been The Big Hurt, and you can make a decent case that he was better than Jackson, too, but far and away, Shoeless Joe and Big Frank are the two greatest White Sox ever.
His 1972 was perhaps the greatest single year a Sox player ever had...definitely the best since I've been following in 1967.
Mt Rushmore quality career? No.
But his greatness that year cannot be overstated.

twentywontowin

02-26-2009, 04:31 PM

His 1972 was perhaps the greatest single year a Sox player ever had...definitely the best since I've been following in 1967.
Mt Rushmore quality career? No.
But his greatness that year cannot be overstated.

What about Thomas in 1994 and 2000? His numbers were ridiculous.

BleacherBandit

02-26-2009, 05:10 PM

You'd have to get a good representation of the different eras in White Sox history, so.....Mine are:

1."Olden-Times"- Ted Lyons: Come on, he played forever for the White Sox through some pretty tough years. Arguably the best White Sox pitcher of all time.

2. '59 Team- Nellie Fox: Most recognizable White Sox player from that team

3. Frank Thomas. 'nough said.

4. 2005 Team: Either Ozzie, Konerko and Buehrle. Growing up primarily during the late '90s and the early 2000s, it was the culminating moment of my youth. You can't ask me to choose who would represent that team, it's like asking a mother which child of hers is her favorite. :D:

doublem23

02-26-2009, 05:36 PM

What about Thomas in 1994 and 2000? His numbers were ridiculous.

Let's not forget Albert Belle's 1998 season... .328/.399/.655.

Not trying to slam Dick Allen, just playing Devil's Advocate.

Tragg

02-26-2009, 05:52 PM

What about Thomas in 1994 and 2000? His numbers were ridiculous.
Numbers wise, those were super years (as was 1993).
I just don't think he put the team on his back like Allen did.
But I can't argue with you.

Someone mentioned Belle below; those numbers were largely earned in the 2nd half, when we were way out of it. So I'd say no.

PKalltheway

02-26-2009, 06:52 PM

My Sox Mt. Rushmore would include:

Frank Thomas
Ozzie Guillen
Carlton Fisk
Luke Appling

voodoochile

02-26-2009, 07:01 PM

Frank
Luke
Ozzie (practically a lifer and then there's that little thing he did as manager - if not for that, I'd go with Nellie)
Pierce? Wood? Buehrle? (has to be at least one pitcher - I'm hoping in 7 years this becomes a no brainer.)

soxjim

02-26-2009, 07:01 PM

Frank Thomas
Luis Aparicio
Nellie Fox
Ted Lyons

soxinem1

02-26-2009, 07:10 PM

Claudell Washington
Reggie Jefferson
Theodore Lyons
Cal Abrahms

At least we'll keep the Mount historical

illini81887

02-26-2009, 08:40 PM

Frank Thomas, Luis Apracio, Nellie Fox, Shoeless Joe Jackson

johnnyg83

02-26-2009, 08:42 PM

Thomas
Appling
Fox
Lyons (4,100+ IP) Mercy!

RF/DH#3

02-26-2009, 09:15 PM

SOUTH PAW, RIBBIE AND ROOBARB, ANDY THE CLOWN
I could also substitute Nancy Faust's Organ and the Exploding Scoreboard

Rohan

02-26-2009, 10:08 PM

Aaron Rowand, but instead of facing the viewer, he would appear to be running into the side of the mountain.

I like it.

Dan Mega

02-26-2009, 11:24 PM

Frank Thomas, Luis Apracio, Nellie Fox, Shoeless Joe Jackson

:yup:

gr8mexico

02-27-2009, 12:32 AM

Mount Crapmore

Jamie Navarro, Todd Ritchie , Terry Bevington, & Billy Koch

Tragg

02-27-2009, 12:38 AM

Claudell Washington
Reggie Jefferson
Theodore Lyons
Cal Abrahms

At least we'll keep the Mount historical

I remember a Jesse Jefferson pitching for the Sox

Shoeless_Jeff

02-27-2009, 03:30 AM

Juan Uribe, Juan Uribe, Juan Uribe, and Juan Uribe.

Railsplitter

02-27-2009, 10:51 AM

Luke Appling (20 years in Sox uniform)
Red Faber (oustanding pitcher)
Ozzie (for playing days and bringing us a winner in 2005)
Roland Hemond (Engineered some of the greatest trades is Sox history- served under three different owners.)

soxfan21

02-27-2009, 10:55 AM

Hard to pick only four, but here is mine:

Appling
Thomas
Fisk
Ozzie

tick53

02-27-2009, 11:18 AM

Luis Aparicio
Ozzie Guillen
Shoeless Joe
Frank Thomas

oldcomiskey

02-27-2009, 12:12 PM

lets see--if I had to pick 4 it would be Dick Allen, Harry Carey, Carlton Fisk and Luis Apericio. Of course Pudge would Argue with the mountain but......

TornLabrum

02-27-2009, 04:32 PM

Ed Walsh, Luke Appling, Nellie Fox, Frank Thomas

558561

02-27-2009, 05:46 PM

Frank Thomas, Luis Aparacio, Nellie Fox, Shoeless Joe Jackson

skobabe8

02-27-2009, 07:03 PM

Lots of great suggestions, but I don't know how you can have a Mt. Rushmore without a founding father like Charles Comiskey.

The wife and I recently visited Mount Rushmore (along with the Crazy Horse Monument..which was incredible). During the visit she asked me..who would I have on a White Sox "Mount Rushmore"? (questions like that are why I married her)

Here's would be my picks for the four faces on a White Sox "Mount Rushmore":

I remember now after I saw my post.
I had Appling, Lyons, Nellie and Big Hurt.

RCWHITESOX

04-05-2012, 10:42 PM

Nellie Fox
Luis Aparicio
Frank Thomas
Billy Pierce

Falstaff

04-06-2012, 06:50 AM

Dick Allen, Wilbur Wood, Harry Caray, and Joe Crede

My favorite players, and my Dad's.

Deserve to be on Mt Rushmore

LongLiveFisk

04-06-2012, 09:20 AM

The Big Hurt

Nelson Fox

Luke Appling

Carlton Fisk

That sounds good to me. Just find a way to work a churro in there somewhere and it's perfect. :D:

Railsplitter

04-06-2012, 10:19 AM

Big Frank, Shoeless Joe, Louie Apparicio, Billy Pierce
Did I miss something? I can't believe it would take 83 posts to get to Pierce.

Thomas
Pierce
Fox
Appling

Moses_Scurry

04-06-2012, 12:45 PM

Thomas
Baines
Buehrle
Konerko

sox1970

04-06-2012, 12:57 PM

Appling, Fox, Thomas, Fisk

Three years later, I'm dumping Fisk for Konerko.

The Racehorse

04-06-2012, 02:47 PM

1. Hurt
2. Shoeless Joe
3. Nellie
4. Ted Lyons

TheVulture

04-06-2012, 03:27 PM

I was going to suggest Juan Uribe's rear end, but it's already been well commemorated at 35th & Shields.

russ99

04-06-2012, 04:48 PM

My Mount Rushmore:

Dick Allen
Carlton Fisk
Frank Thomas
Ozzie Guillen

palehozenychicty

04-06-2012, 05:22 PM

Albert Belle
Andy Gonzalez
Royce Clayton
Matt Guerrier
Kirk McCaskill

:redneck

TDog

04-06-2012, 06:02 PM

Dick Allen, Wilbur Wood, Harry Caray, and Joe Crede

My favorite players, and my Dad's.

Deserve to be on Mt Rushmore

I didn't think Harry Caray was anyone's favorite player.

I would think the fact that Harry Caray hated the White Sox when he was announcing their games and hated them more (or at least was more vocal about it) after he went to the Cubs, would keep him off of any such monument.

Tragg

04-06-2012, 06:38 PM

Frank Thomas
Eddie Collins
Nelson Fox
Ted Lyons

I almost want to put Dick Allen up there.

BainesHOF

04-06-2012, 08:07 PM

Comiskey
Jackson
Appling
Thomas

korhead

04-06-2012, 08:08 PM

Big Hurt
Shoeless Joe
Billy Pierce
Looie

:smile:

FielderJones

04-07-2012, 12:37 AM

Thomas
Collins
Appling
Walsh

fram40

04-07-2012, 12:21 PM

Thomas
Collins
Appling
Walsh

Agreed. Exactly who I was going to post.

It seems like Konerko deserves a spot but it is almost impossible to remove any of these four.

Looking back through the thread I'm amazed at the degree to which Minnie Minoso has dropped out of Sox fans' collective memories.

Admittedly he just missed my final four cut (Appling, Thomas, Fox, Lyons), but take a look at these career numbers of a guy who, because of the color line and the off-the-radar nature of Latin players, didn't hit the bigs until he was 26 years old--and in an age when pitching was starting to move into an era of dominance:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minosmi01.shtml

Nine real good years for the Sox, 51-57, 60-61. In my book a good case could be made for putting him in the final four.

TheVulture

04-07-2012, 04:06 PM

It seems like Konerko deserves a spot but it is almost impossible to remove any of these four.

Konerko has had a very good career with the Sox, but quite frankly if I could put a player in his prime from recent memory on my team I'd rather have Ventura or Magglio Ordonez.

SephClone89

04-07-2012, 05:06 PM

Shouldn't all four be from (mostly) different eras? That's how Mount Rushmore works, largely.

gobears1987

04-07-2012, 05:27 PM

Frank
Nellie
Shoeless
Appling

gobears1987

04-07-2012, 05:29 PM

Trash can gargoyle:

Royce Clayton

That trashcan will have a **** ton more range than Royce Clayton ever had.